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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | (30 ILCS 105/5.380 rep.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 3. The State Finance Act is amended by repealing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5.380.
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7 | (225 ILCS 52/Act rep.)
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8 | Section 5. The Industrial Hygienists Licensure Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | repealed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | changing Sections 17, 22.2, and 22.8 as follows:
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12 | (415 ILCS 5/17) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1017)
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13 | Sec. 17. Rules; chlorination requirements.
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14 | (a) The Board may adopt regulations governing the location, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | design,
construction, and continuous operation and maintenance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | of public water
supply installations, changes or additions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | which may affect the continuous
sanitary quality, mineral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | quality, or adequacy of the public water supply,
pursuant to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Title VII of this Act.
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20 | (b) The Agency shall exempt from any mandatory chlorination | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | requirement
of the Board any community water supply which meets |
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1 | all of the following
conditions:
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2 | (1) The population of the community served is not more | ||||||
3 | than 5,000;
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4 | (2) Has as its only source of raw water one or more | ||||||
5 | properly constructed
wells into confined geologic | ||||||
6 | formations not subject to contamination;
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7 | (3) Has no history of persistent or recurring | ||||||
8 | contamination,
as indicated by sampling results which show | ||||||
9 | violations of finished water
quality requirements, for the | ||||||
10 | most recent five-year period;
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11 | (4) Does not provide any raw water treatment other than | ||||||
12 | fluoridation;
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13 | (5) Has an active program approved by the Agency to | ||||||
14 | educate water supply
consumers on preventing the entry of | ||||||
15 | contaminants into the water system;
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16 | (6) Has a certified operator of the proper class, or if | ||||||
17 | it is an exempt
community public water supply, under the | ||||||
18 | Public Water Supply Operations Act has a registered person | ||||||
19 | responsible in
charge of operation of the public water | ||||||
20 | supply ;
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21 | (7) Submits samples for microbiological analysis at | ||||||
22 | twice
the frequency specified in the Board regulations; and
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23 | (8) A unit of local government seeking to exempt its | ||||||
24 | public water supply
from the chlorination requirement | ||||||
25 | under this subsection (b) on or after
September 9,
1983 | ||||||
26 | shall be required to receive
the approval of the voters of |
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1 | such local government. The proposition to
exempt the | ||||||
2 | community water supply from the mandatory chlorination | ||||||
3 | requirement
shall be placed on the ballot if the governing | ||||||
4 | body of the local government
adopts an ordinance or | ||||||
5 | resolution directing the clerk of the local government
to | ||||||
6 | place such question on the ballot. The clerk shall cause | ||||||
7 | the election
officials to place the proposition on the | ||||||
8 | ballot at the next election at
which such proposition may | ||||||
9 | be voted upon if a certified copy of the adopted
ordinance | ||||||
10 | or resolution is filed in his office at least 90 days | ||||||
11 | before such
election. The proposition shall also be placed | ||||||
12 | on the ballot if a petition
containing the signatures of at | ||||||
13 | least 10% of the eligible voters residing
in the local | ||||||
14 | government is filed with the clerk at least 90 days before | ||||||
15 | the
next election at which the proposition may be voted | ||||||
16 | upon. The proposition
shall be in substantially the | ||||||
17 | following form:
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19 | Shall the community
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20 | water supply of ..... (specify YES
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21 | the unit of local government)
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22 | be exempt from the mandatory -----------------------------
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23 | chlorination requirement NO
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24 | of the State of Illinois?
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26 | If the majority of the voters of the local government |
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1 | voting therein
vote in favor of the proposition, the community | ||||||
2 | water supply of that local
government shall be exempt from the | ||||||
3 | mandatory chlorination requirement,
provided that the other | ||||||
4 | requirements under this subsection (b) are met.
If the majority | ||||||
5 | of the vote is against such proposition, the community water
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6 | supply may not be exempt from the mandatory chlorination | ||||||
7 | requirement.
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8 | Agency decisions regarding exemptions under this | ||||||
9 | subsection may be appealed
to the Board pursuant to the | ||||||
10 | provisions of Section 40(a) of this Act.
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11 | (c) Any supply showing contamination in its distribution | ||||||
12 | system (including
finished water storage) may be required to | ||||||
13 | chlorinate until the Agency has
determined that the source of | ||||||
14 | contamination has been removed and all traces
of contamination | ||||||
15 | in the distribution system have been eliminated. Standby
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16 | chlorination equipment may be required by the Agency if a | ||||||
17 | supply otherwise
exempt from chlorination shows frequent or | ||||||
18 | gross episodes of contamination.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02 .)
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20 | (415 ILCS 5/22.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.2)
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21 | Sec. 22.2. Hazardous waste; fees; liability.
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22 | (a) There are hereby created within the State Treasury 2
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23 | special funds to be known respectively as the "Hazardous Waste | ||||||
24 | Fund" and
the "Hazardous Waste Research Fund", constituted from | ||||||
25 | the fees collected
pursuant to this Section.
In addition to the |
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1 | fees collected under this Section, the Hazardous Waste
Fund | ||||||
2 | shall include other moneys made available from any source for | ||||||
3 | deposit into
the Fund.
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4 | (b)(1) On and after January 1, 1989, the Agency shall | ||||||
5 | collect from the
owner or operator of each of the following | ||||||
6 | sites a fee in the amount of:
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7 | (A) 9 cents per gallon or $18.18 per cubic yard, if | ||||||
8 | the
hazardous waste disposal site is located off the | ||||||
9 | site where such waste was
produced. The maximum amount | ||||||
10 | payable under this subdivision (A) with respect
to the | ||||||
11 | hazardous waste generated by a single generator and | ||||||
12 | deposited in
monofills is $30,000 per year. If, as a | ||||||
13 | result of the use of multiple monofills, waste
fees in | ||||||
14 | excess of the maximum are assessed with respect to a | ||||||
15 | single waste
generator, the generator may apply to the | ||||||
16 | Agency for a credit.
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17 | (B) 9 cents or $18.18 per cubic yard, if the | ||||||
18 | hazardous waste
disposal site is located on the site | ||||||
19 | where such waste was produced,
provided however the | ||||||
20 | maximum amount of fees payable under this paragraph
(B) | ||||||
21 | is $30,000 per year for each such hazardous waste | ||||||
22 | disposal site.
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23 | (C) If the hazardous waste disposal site is an | ||||||
24 | underground injection
well, $6,000 per year if not more | ||||||
25 | than 10,000,000 gallons per year are
injected, $15,000 | ||||||
26 | per year if more than 10,000,000 gallons but not more |
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1 | than
50,000,000 gallons per year are injected, and | ||||||
2 | $27,000 per year if more than
50,000,000 gallons per | ||||||
3 | year are injected.
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4 | (D) 3 cents per gallon or
$6.06 per cubic yard of | ||||||
5 | hazardous waste received
for treatment at a hazardous | ||||||
6 | waste treatment site, if the hazardous waste
treatment | ||||||
7 | site is located off the site where such waste was | ||||||
8 | produced and
if such hazardous waste treatment site is | ||||||
9 | owned, controlled and operated
by a person other than | ||||||
10 | the generator of such waste.
After treatment at such | ||||||
11 | hazardous waste treatment site, the waste shall
not be | ||||||
12 | subject to any other fee imposed by this subsection | ||||||
13 | (b). For purposes
of this subsection (b), the term | ||||||
14 | "treatment" is defined as in Section
3.505 but shall | ||||||
15 | not include recycling, reclamation or reuse.
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16 | (2) The General Assembly shall annually appropriate to | ||||||
17 | the Fund such
amounts as it deems necessary to fulfill the | ||||||
18 | purposes of this Act.
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19 | (3) The Agency shall have the authority to accept, | ||||||
20 | receive, and
administer on behalf of the State any moneys | ||||||
21 | made available to the State from
any source for the | ||||||
22 | purposes of the Hazardous Waste Fund set forth in | ||||||
23 | subsection
(d) of this Section.
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24 | (4) Of the amount collected as fees provided for in | ||||||
25 | this Section, the
Agency shall manage the use of such funds | ||||||
26 | to assure that sufficient funds
are available for match |
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1 | towards federal expenditures for response action at
sites | ||||||
2 | which are listed on the National Priorities List; provided, | ||||||
3 | however,
that this shall not apply to additional monies | ||||||
4 | appropriated to the Fund by
the General Assembly, nor shall | ||||||
5 | it apply in the event that the Director
finds that revenues | ||||||
6 | in the Hazardous Waste Fund must be used to address
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7 | conditions which create or may create an immediate danger | ||||||
8 | to the
environment or public health or to the welfare of | ||||||
9 | the people of the State
of Illinois.
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10 | (5) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
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11 | subsection (b), sludge from a publicly-owned sewage works | ||||||
12 | generated
in Illinois, coal mining wastes and refuse | ||||||
13 | generated in Illinois, bottom
boiler ash, flyash and flue | ||||||
14 | gas desulphurization sludge from public
utility electric | ||||||
15 | generating facilities located in Illinois, and bottom
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16 | boiler ash and flyash from all incinerators which process | ||||||
17 | solely
municipal waste shall not be subject to the fee.
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18 | (6) For the purposes of this subsection (b), "monofill" | ||||||
19 | means a
facility, or a unit at a facility, that accepts | ||||||
20 | only wastes bearing the
same USEPA hazardous waste | ||||||
21 | identification number, or compatible wastes as
determined | ||||||
22 | by the Agency.
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23 | (c) The Agency shall establish procedures, not later than | ||||||
24 | January 1,
1984, relating to the collection of the fees | ||||||
25 | authorized by this Section.
Such procedures shall include, but | ||||||
26 | not be limited to: (1) necessary records
identifying the |
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1 | quantities of hazardous waste received or disposed; (2) the
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2 | form and submission of reports to accompany the payment of fees | ||||||
3 | to the
Agency; and (3) the time and manner of payment of fees | ||||||
4 | to the Agency,
which payments shall be not more often than | ||||||
5 | quarterly.
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6 | (d) Beginning July 1, 1996, the Agency shall deposit all | ||||||
7 | such receipts in the State Treasury to the credit of the
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8 | Hazardous Waste Fund, except as provided in subsection (e) of | ||||||
9 | this Section.
All monies in the Hazardous Waste Fund shall be | ||||||
10 | used by the Agency for the following purposes:
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11 | (1) Taking whatever preventive or corrective
action is | ||||||
12 | necessary or appropriate, in circumstances certified by | ||||||
13 | the
Director, including but not limited to removal or | ||||||
14 | remedial
action whenever there is a release or substantial | ||||||
15 | threat of a release of
a hazardous substance or pesticide; | ||||||
16 | provided, the Agency shall
expend no more than $1,000,000 | ||||||
17 | on any single incident without appropriation
by the General | ||||||
18 | Assembly.
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19 | (2) To meet any requirements which must be met by the | ||||||
20 | State in order
to obtain federal funds pursuant to the | ||||||
21 | Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and | ||||||
22 | Liability Act of 1980, (P.L. 96-510).
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23 | (3) In an amount up to 30% of the amount collected as | ||||||
24 | fees provided
for in this Section, for use by the Agency to | ||||||
25 | conduct
groundwater protection activities, including | ||||||
26 | providing grants to appropriate
units of local government |
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1 | which are addressing protection of underground waters
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2 | pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
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3 | (4) To fund the development and implementation of the | ||||||
4 | model pesticide
collection program under Section 19.1 of | ||||||
5 | the Illinois Pesticide Act.
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6 | (5) To the extent the Agency has received and deposited | ||||||
7 | monies in the
Fund other than fees collected under | ||||||
8 | subsection (b) of this Section, to pay for
the cost of | ||||||
9 | Agency employees for
services provided in reviewing the | ||||||
10 | performance of response actions pursuant to
Title XVII of | ||||||
11 | this Act.
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12 | (6) In an amount up to 15% of the fees collected | ||||||
13 | annually
under subsection (b) of this Section, for use by | ||||||
14 | the Agency
for administration of the provisions of this | ||||||
15 | Section.
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16 | (e) The Agency shall deposit 10% of all receipts collected | ||||||
17 | under subsection
(b) of this Section, but not to exceed | ||||||
18 | $200,000 per year, in the State
Treasury to the credit of the | ||||||
19 | Hazardous Waste Research Fund established by this
Act. Pursuant | ||||||
20 | to appropriation, all monies in such Fund shall be used by the | ||||||
21 | University of Illinois
for the purposes set forth in
this | ||||||
22 | subsection.
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23 | The University of Illinois may enter into contracts with | ||||||
24 | business,
industrial, university, governmental or other | ||||||
25 | qualified individuals or
organizations to assist in the | ||||||
26 | research and development intended to recycle,
reduce the volume |
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1 | of, separate, detoxify or reduce the hazardous properties of
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2 | hazardous wastes in Illinois. Monies in the Fund may also be | ||||||
3 | used by the University of Illinois
for technical studies, | ||||||
4 | monitoring activities,
and educational and research activities | ||||||
5 | which are related to the protection of
underground waters. | ||||||
6 | Monies in the Hazardous Waste Research Fund may be used to
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7 | administer the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances | ||||||
8 | Registry Act. Monies
in the Hazardous Waste Research Fund shall | ||||||
9 | not be used for any sanitary
landfill or the acquisition or | ||||||
10 | construction of any facility. This does not
preclude the | ||||||
11 | purchase of equipment for the purpose of public demonstration
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12 | projects. The University of Illinois shall adopt guidelines for | ||||||
13 | cost
sharing, selecting, and administering projects under this | ||||||
14 | subsection.
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15 | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision or rule of law, and | ||||||
16 | subject
only to the defenses set forth in subsection (j) of | ||||||
17 | this Section, the
following persons shall be liable for all | ||||||
18 | costs of removal or remedial
action incurred by the State of | ||||||
19 | Illinois or any unit of local
government as a result of a | ||||||
20 | release or substantial threat of a release of
a hazardous | ||||||
21 | substance or pesticide:
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22 | (1) the owner and operator of a facility or vessel from | ||||||
23 | which there is
a release or substantial threat of release | ||||||
24 | of a hazardous substance or
pesticide;
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25 | (2) any person who at the time of disposal, transport, | ||||||
26 | storage or
treatment of a hazardous substance or pesticide |
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1 | owned or operated the
facility or vessel used for such | ||||||
2 | disposal, transport, treatment or storage
from which there | ||||||
3 | was a release or substantial threat of a release of any
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4 | such hazardous substance or pesticide;
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5 | (3) any person who by contract, agreement, or otherwise | ||||||
6 | has arranged with
another party or entity for transport, | ||||||
7 | storage, disposal or treatment of
hazardous substances or | ||||||
8 | pesticides owned, controlled or possessed by such
person at | ||||||
9 | a facility owned or operated by another party or entity | ||||||
10 | from
which facility there is a release or substantial | ||||||
11 | threat of a release of
such hazardous substances or | ||||||
12 | pesticides; and
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13 | (4) any person who accepts or accepted any hazardous | ||||||
14 | substances or
pesticides for transport to disposal, | ||||||
15 | storage or treatment facilities or
sites from which there | ||||||
16 | is a release or a substantial threat of a release of
a | ||||||
17 | hazardous substance or pesticide.
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18 | Any monies received by the State of Illinois pursuant to | ||||||
19 | this
subsection (f) shall be deposited in the State Treasury to | ||||||
20 | the credit
of the Hazardous Waste Fund.
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21 | In accordance with the other provisions of this Section, | ||||||
22 | costs of
removal or remedial action incurred by a unit of local | ||||||
23 | government may be
recovered in an action before the Board | ||||||
24 | brought by the unit of local
government under subsection (i) of | ||||||
25 | this Section. Any monies so recovered
shall be paid to the unit | ||||||
26 | of local government.
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1 | (g)(1) No indemnification, hold harmless, or similar | ||||||
2 | agreement or conveyance
shall be effective to transfer from | ||||||
3 | the owner or operator of any vessel
or facility or from any | ||||||
4 | person who may be liable for a release or
substantial | ||||||
5 | threat of a release under this Section, to any other person | ||||||
6 | the
liability imposed under this Section. Nothing in this | ||||||
7 | Section shall bar
any agreement to insure, hold harmless or | ||||||
8 | indemnify a party to such
agreements for any liability | ||||||
9 | under this Section.
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10 | (2) Nothing in this Section, including the provisions | ||||||
11 | of paragraph (g)(1)
of this Section, shall bar a cause of | ||||||
12 | action that an owner or operator or
any other person | ||||||
13 | subject to liability under this Section, or a guarantor,
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14 | has or would have, by reason of subrogation or otherwise | ||||||
15 | against any person.
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16 | (h) For purposes of this Section:
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17 | (1) The term "facility" means:
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18 | (A) any building, structure, installation, | ||||||
19 | equipment, pipe or pipeline
including but not limited | ||||||
20 | to any pipe into a sewer or publicly owned
treatment | ||||||
21 | works, well, pit, pond, lagoon, impoundment, ditch, | ||||||
22 | landfill,
storage container, motor vehicle, rolling | ||||||
23 | stock, or aircraft; or
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24 | (B) any site or area where a hazardous substance | ||||||
25 | has been deposited,
stored, disposed of, placed, or | ||||||
26 | otherwise come to be located.
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1 | (2) The term "owner or operator" means:
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2 | (A) any person owning or operating a vessel or | ||||||
3 | facility;
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4 | (B) in the case of an abandoned facility, any | ||||||
5 | person owning or operating
the abandoned facility or | ||||||
6 | any person who owned, operated, or otherwise
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7 | controlled activities at the abandoned facility | ||||||
8 | immediately prior to such
abandonment;
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9 | (C) in the case of a land trust as defined in | ||||||
10 | Section 2 of the Land
Trustee as Creditor Act, the | ||||||
11 | person owning the beneficial interest in the land
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12 | trust;
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13 | (D) in the case of a fiduciary (other than a land | ||||||
14 | trustee), the estate,
trust estate, or other interest | ||||||
15 | in property held in a fiduciary capacity,
and not the | ||||||
16 | fiduciary. For the purposes of this Section, | ||||||
17 | "fiduciary" means
a trustee, executor, administrator, | ||||||
18 | guardian, receiver, conservator or other
person | ||||||
19 | holding a facility or vessel in a fiduciary capacity;
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20 | (E) in the case of a "financial institution", | ||||||
21 | meaning the Illinois
Housing Development Authority and | ||||||
22 | that term as defined in Section 2 of the
Illinois | ||||||
23 | Banking Act, that has acquired ownership, operation, | ||||||
24 | management,
or control of a vessel or facility through | ||||||
25 | foreclosure or under the terms
of a security interest | ||||||
26 | held by the financial institution or under the terms
of |
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1 | an extension of credit made by the financial | ||||||
2 | institution, the financial
institution only if the | ||||||
3 | financial institution takes possession of the
vessel | ||||||
4 | or facility and the financial institution exercises | ||||||
5 | actual, direct,
and continual or recurrent managerial | ||||||
6 | control in the operation of the
vessel or facility that | ||||||
7 | causes a release or substantial threat of a release
of | ||||||
8 | a hazardous substance or pesticide resulting in | ||||||
9 | removal or remedial
action;
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10 | (F) In the case of an owner of residential | ||||||
11 | property, the owner if the
owner is a person other than | ||||||
12 | an individual, or if the owner is an individual
who | ||||||
13 | owns more than 10 dwelling units in Illinois, or if the | ||||||
14 | owner, or an agent,
representative, contractor, or | ||||||
15 | employee of the owner, has caused, contributed
to, or | ||||||
16 | allowed the release or threatened release of a | ||||||
17 | hazardous substance or
pesticide. The term | ||||||
18 | "residential property" means single family residences | ||||||
19 | of
one to 4 dwelling units, including accessory land, | ||||||
20 | buildings, or improvements
incidental to those | ||||||
21 | dwellings that are exclusively used for the | ||||||
22 | residential
use. For purposes of this subparagraph | ||||||
23 | (F), the term "individual" means a
natural person, and | ||||||
24 | shall not include corporations, partnerships, trusts, | ||||||
25 | or
other non-natural persons.
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26 | (G) In the case of any facility, title or control |
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1 | of which was
conveyed due to bankruptcy, foreclosure, | ||||||
2 | tax delinquency, abandonment, or
similar means
to a | ||||||
3 | unit of State or local government, any person who | ||||||
4 | owned, operated, or
otherwise controlled activities at | ||||||
5 | the facility immediately beforehand.
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6 | (H) The term "owner or operator" does not include a | ||||||
7 | unit of State or
local government which acquired | ||||||
8 | ownership or control through bankruptcy, tax
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9 | delinquency, abandonment, or other circumstances in | ||||||
10 | which the government
acquires title by virtue of its | ||||||
11 | function as sovereign. The exclusion provided
under | ||||||
12 | this paragraph shall not apply to any State or local | ||||||
13 | government which has
caused or contributed to the | ||||||
14 | release or threatened release of a hazardous
substance | ||||||
15 | from the facility, and such a State or local government | ||||||
16 | shall be
subject to the provisions of this Act in the | ||||||
17 | same manner and to the same
extent, both procedurally | ||||||
18 | and substantively, as any nongovernmental entity,
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19 | including liability under Section 22.2(f).
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20 | (i) The costs and damages provided for in this Section may | ||||||
21 | be imposed by
the Board in an action brought before the Board | ||||||
22 | in accordance with Title
VIII of this Act, except that Section | ||||||
23 | 33(c) of this Act shall not apply to
any such action.
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24 | (j)(1) There shall be no liability under this Section for a | ||||||
25 | person
otherwise liable who can establish by a preponderance of | ||||||
26 | the evidence that
the release or substantial threat of release |
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1 | of a hazardous substance and
the damages resulting therefrom | ||||||
2 | were caused solely by:
| ||||||
3 | (A) an act of God;
| ||||||
4 | (B) an act of war;
| ||||||
5 | (C) an act or omission of a third party other than an | ||||||
6 | employee or agent
of the defendant, or other than one whose | ||||||
7 | act or omission occurs in
connection with a contractual | ||||||
8 | relationship, existing directly or
indirectly, with the | ||||||
9 | defendant (except where the sole contractual
arrangement | ||||||
10 | arises from a published tariff and acceptance for carriage | ||||||
11 | by a
common carrier by rail), if the defendant establishes | ||||||
12 | by a preponderance of
the evidence that (i) he exercised | ||||||
13 | due care with respect to the hazardous
substance concerned, | ||||||
14 | taking into consideration the characteristics of such
| ||||||
15 | hazardous substance, in light of all relevant facts and | ||||||
16 | circumstances, and
(ii) he took precautions against | ||||||
17 | foreseeable acts or omissions of any such
third party and | ||||||
18 | the consequences that could foreseeably result from such
| ||||||
19 | acts or omissions; or
| ||||||
20 | (D) any combination of the foregoing paragraphs.
| ||||||
21 | (2) There shall be no liability under this Section for any | ||||||
22 | release
permitted by State or federal law.
| ||||||
23 | (3) There shall be no liability under this Section for | ||||||
24 | damages as a result
of actions taken or omitted in the course | ||||||
25 | of rendering care, assistance,
or advice in accordance with | ||||||
26 | this Section or the National Contingency Plan
pursuant to the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
| ||||||
2 | Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-510) or at the direction of an
| ||||||
3 | on-scene coordinator appointed under such plan, with respect to | ||||||
4 | an incident
creating a danger to public health or welfare or | ||||||
5 | the environment as a result
of any release of a hazardous | ||||||
6 | substance or a substantial threat thereof. This
subsection | ||||||
7 | shall not preclude liability for damages as the result of gross
| ||||||
8 | negligence or intentional misconduct on the part of such | ||||||
9 | person. For the
purposes of the preceding sentence, reckless, | ||||||
10 | willful, or wanton misconduct
shall constitute gross | ||||||
11 | negligence.
| ||||||
12 | (4) There shall be no liability under this Section for any | ||||||
13 | person
(including, but not limited to, an owner of residential | ||||||
14 | property who applies a
pesticide to the residential property or | ||||||
15 | who has another person apply a
pesticide to the residential | ||||||
16 | property) for response costs or damages as the
result of the | ||||||
17 | storage, handling and use, or recommendation for storage,
| ||||||
18 | handling and use, of a pesticide consistent with:
| ||||||
19 | (A) its directions for storage, handling and use as | ||||||
20 | stated in its
label or labeling;
| ||||||
21 | (B) its warnings and cautions as stated in its label or | ||||||
22 | labeling; and
| ||||||
23 | (C) the uses for which it is registered under the | ||||||
24 | Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and the | ||||||
25 | Illinois Pesticide Act.
| ||||||
26 | (4.5) There shall be no liability under subdivision (f)(1) |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of this Section
for response costs or damages as the result of | ||||||
2 | a release
of a pesticide from an agrichemical facility site if
| ||||||
3 | the Agency has received notice from the Department of | ||||||
4 | Agriculture pursuant to
Section 19.3 of the Illinois Pesticide | ||||||
5 | Act, the owner or operator of the
agrichemical facility is | ||||||
6 | proceeding with a corrective action plan under the
Agrichemical | ||||||
7 | Facility Response Action Program implemented under that | ||||||
8 | Section,
and the Agency
has provided a written endorsement of a | ||||||
9 | corrective action plan.
| ||||||
10 | (4.6) There shall be no liability under subdivision (f)(1) | ||||||
11 | of this
Section for response costs or damages as the result of | ||||||
12 | a substantial threat of
a release of a pesticide from an | ||||||
13 | agrichemical facility site if
the Agency has received notice | ||||||
14 | from the Department of Agriculture pursuant to
Section 19.3 of | ||||||
15 | the Illinois Pesticide Act and the owner or operator of the
| ||||||
16 | agrichemical facility is proceeding with a corrective action | ||||||
17 | plan under the
Agrichemical Facility Response Action Program | ||||||
18 | implemented under that
Section.
| ||||||
19 | (5) Nothing in this subsection (j) shall affect or modify | ||||||
20 | in any way the
obligations or liability of any person under any | ||||||
21 | other provision of this
Act or State or federal law, including | ||||||
22 | common law, for damages, injury,
or loss resulting from a | ||||||
23 | release or substantial threat of a release of any
hazardous | ||||||
24 | substance or for removal or remedial action or the costs of | ||||||
25 | removal
or remedial action of such hazardous substance.
| ||||||
26 | (6)(A) The term "contractual relationship", for the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | purpose of this
subsection includes, but is not limited to, | ||||||
2 | land contracts, deeds or other
instruments transferring title | ||||||
3 | or possession, unless the real property on
which the facility | ||||||
4 | concerned is located was acquired by the defendant after
the | ||||||
5 | disposal or placement of the hazardous substance on, in, or at | ||||||
6 | the
facility, and one or more of the circumstances described in | ||||||
7 | clause (i),
(ii), or (iii) of this paragraph is also | ||||||
8 | established by the defendant by a
preponderance of the | ||||||
9 | evidence:
| ||||||
10 | (i) At the time the defendant acquired the facility the | ||||||
11 | defendant did
not know and had no reason to know that any | ||||||
12 | hazardous substance which is
the subject of the release or | ||||||
13 | threatened release was disposed of on, in or
at the | ||||||
14 | facility.
| ||||||
15 | (ii) The defendant is a government entity which | ||||||
16 | acquired the facility by
escheat, or through any other | ||||||
17 | involuntary transfer or acquisition, or
through the | ||||||
18 | exercise of eminent domain authority by purchase or | ||||||
19 | condemnation.
| ||||||
20 | (iii) The defendant acquired the facility by | ||||||
21 | inheritance or bequest.
| ||||||
22 | In addition to establishing the foregoing, the defendant | ||||||
23 | must establish
that he has satisfied the requirements of | ||||||
24 | subparagraph (C) of paragraph (l)
of this subsection (j).
| ||||||
25 | (B) To establish the defendant had no reason to know, as | ||||||
26 | provided in
clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the defendant must have
undertaken, at the time of acquisition, | ||||||
2 | all appropriate inquiry into the
previous ownership and uses of | ||||||
3 | the property consistent with good commercial
or customary | ||||||
4 | practice in an effort to minimize liability. For purposes of
| ||||||
5 | the preceding sentence, the court shall take into account any | ||||||
6 | specialized
knowledge or experience on the part of the | ||||||
7 | defendant, the relationship of
the purchase price to the value | ||||||
8 | of the property if uncontaminated, commonly
known or reasonably | ||||||
9 | ascertainable information about the property, the
obviousness | ||||||
10 | of the presence or likely presence of contamination at the
| ||||||
11 | property, and the ability to detect such contamination by | ||||||
12 | appropriate
inspection.
| ||||||
13 | (C) Nothing in this paragraph (6) or in subparagraph (C) of | ||||||
14 | paragraph
(1) of this subsection shall diminish the liability | ||||||
15 | of any previous owner
or operator of such facility who would | ||||||
16 | otherwise be liable under this Act.
Notwithstanding this | ||||||
17 | paragraph (6), if the defendant obtained actual
knowledge of | ||||||
18 | the release or threatened release of a hazardous substance at
| ||||||
19 | such facility when the defendant owned the real property and | ||||||
20 | then
subsequently transferred ownership of the property to | ||||||
21 | another person
without disclosing such knowledge, such | ||||||
22 | defendant shall be treated as
liable under subsection (f) of | ||||||
23 | this Section and no defense under
subparagraph (C) of paragraph | ||||||
24 | (1) of this subsection shall be available
to such defendant.
| ||||||
25 | (D) Nothing in this paragraph (6) shall affect the | ||||||
26 | liability under this
Act of a defendant who, by any act or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | omission, caused or contributed to
the release or threatened | ||||||
2 | release of a hazardous substance which is the
subject of the | ||||||
3 | action relating to the facility.
| ||||||
4 | (E)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii) of this | ||||||
5 | subparagraph (E), a
defendant who has acquired real property | ||||||
6 | shall have established a rebuttable
presumption against all | ||||||
7 | State claims and a conclusive presumption against all
private | ||||||
8 | party claims that the defendant has made all appropriate | ||||||
9 | inquiry within
the meaning of subdivision (6)(B) of this | ||||||
10 | subsection (j) if the defendant
proves that immediately prior | ||||||
11 | to or at the time of the acquisition:
| ||||||
12 | (I) the defendant obtained a Phase I Environmental | ||||||
13 | Audit of the real
property that meets or exceeds the | ||||||
14 | requirements of this subparagraph (E), and
the Phase I | ||||||
15 | Environmental Audit did not disclose the presence or likely
| ||||||
16 | presence of a release or a substantial threat of a release | ||||||
17 | of a hazardous
substance or pesticide at, on, to, or from | ||||||
18 | the real property; or
| ||||||
19 | (II) the defendant obtained a Phase II Environmental | ||||||
20 | Audit of the real
property that meets or exceeds the | ||||||
21 | requirements of this subparagraph (E), and
the Phase II | ||||||
22 | Environmental Audit did not disclose the presence or likely
| ||||||
23 | presence of a release or a substantial threat of a release | ||||||
24 | of a hazardous
substance or pesticide at, on, to, or from | ||||||
25 | the real property.
| ||||||
26 | (ii) No presumption shall be created under clause (i) of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | this subparagraph
(E), and a defendant shall be precluded from | ||||||
2 | demonstrating that the defendant
has made all appropriate | ||||||
3 | inquiry within the meaning of subdivision (6)(B) of
this | ||||||
4 | subsection (j), if:
| ||||||
5 | (I) the defendant fails to obtain all Environmental | ||||||
6 | Audits required under
this subparagraph (E) or any such | ||||||
7 | Environmental Audit fails to meet or exceed
the | ||||||
8 | requirements of this subparagraph (E);
| ||||||
9 | (II) a Phase I Environmental Audit discloses the | ||||||
10 | presence or likely
presence of a release or a substantial | ||||||
11 | threat of a release of a hazardous
substance or pesticide | ||||||
12 | at, on, to, or from real property, and the defendant
fails | ||||||
13 | to obtain a Phase II Environmental Audit;
| ||||||
14 | (III) a Phase II Environmental Audit discloses the | ||||||
15 | presence or likely
presence of a release or a substantial | ||||||
16 | threat of a release of a hazardous
substance or pesticide | ||||||
17 | at, on, to, or from the real property;
| ||||||
18 | (IV) the defendant fails to maintain a written | ||||||
19 | compilation and explanatory
summary report of the | ||||||
20 | information reviewed in the course of each Environmental
| ||||||
21 | Audit under this subparagraph (E); or
| ||||||
22 | (V) there is any evidence of fraud, material | ||||||
23 | concealment, or material
misrepresentation by the | ||||||
24 | defendant of environmental conditions or of related
| ||||||
25 | information discovered during the course of an | ||||||
26 | Environmental Audit.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (iii) For purposes of this subparagraph (E), the term | ||||||
2 | "environmental
professional" means an individual (other than a | ||||||
3 | practicing attorney) who,
through academic training, | ||||||
4 | occupational experience, and reputation (such as
engineers, | ||||||
5 | industrial hygienists, or geologists) can objectively conduct | ||||||
6 | one or
more aspects of an Environmental Audit and who either:
| ||||||
7 | (I) maintains at the time of the Environmental Audit | ||||||
8 | and for at least one
year thereafter at least $500,000 of | ||||||
9 | environmental consultants' professional
liability | ||||||
10 | insurance coverage issued by an insurance company licensed | ||||||
11 | to do
business in Illinois; or
| ||||||
12 | (II) is an Illinois licensed professional engineer or a | ||||||
13 | Certified Industrial Hygienist certified by the American | ||||||
14 | Board of Industrial Hygiene an Illinois licensed
| ||||||
15 | industrial hygienist .
| ||||||
16 | An environmental professional may employ persons who are | ||||||
17 | not environmental
professionals to assist in the preparation of | ||||||
18 | an Environmental Audit if such
persons are under the direct | ||||||
19 | supervision and control of the environmental
professional.
| ||||||
20 | (iv) For purposes of this subparagraph (E), the term "real | ||||||
21 | property"
means any interest in any parcel of land, and | ||||||
22 | includes, but is not limited to,
buildings, fixtures, and
| ||||||
23 | improvements.
| ||||||
24 | (v) For purposes of this subparagraph (E), the term "Phase | ||||||
25 | I Environmental
Audit" means an investigation of real property, | ||||||
26 | conducted by environmental
professionals, to discover the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | presence or likely presence of a release or a
substantial | ||||||
2 | threat of a release of a hazardous substance or pesticide at, | ||||||
3 | on,
to, or from real property, and whether a release or a | ||||||
4 | substantial threat of
a release of a hazardous substance or | ||||||
5 | pesticide has occurred or may occur at,
on, to, or from the | ||||||
6 | real property. Until such time as the United
States | ||||||
7 | Environmental Protection Agency establishes
standards for | ||||||
8 | making appropriate inquiry into the previous
ownership and uses | ||||||
9 | of the facility pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 9601(35)(B)(ii), the | ||||||
10 | investigation shall comply with the
procedures of the American | ||||||
11 | Society for Testing and
Materials, including the document known | ||||||
12 | as Standard
E1527-97, entitled "Standard Procedures for | ||||||
13 | Environmental
Site Assessment: Phase 1 Environmental Site | ||||||
14 | Assessment
Process". Upon their adoption, the standards | ||||||
15 | promulgated
by USEPA pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601(35)(B)(ii) | ||||||
16 | shall
govern the performance of Phase I Environmental Audits. | ||||||
17 | In
addition to the above requirements, the Phase I
| ||||||
18 | Environmental Audit shall include a review of recorded land
| ||||||
19 | title records for the purpose of determining whether the real
| ||||||
20 | property is subject to an environmental land use restriction
| ||||||
21 | such as a No Further Remediation Letter, Environmental
Land Use | ||||||
22 | Control, or Highway Authority Agreement.
| ||||||
23 | (vi) For purposes of subparagraph (E), the term "Phase II | ||||||
24 | Environmental
Audit" means an investigation of real property, | ||||||
25 | conducted by environmental
professionals, subsequent to a | ||||||
26 | Phase I Environmental Audit. If the Phase I
Environmental Audit |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | discloses the presence or likely presence of a hazardous
| ||||||
2 | substance or a pesticide or a release or a substantial threat | ||||||
3 | of a release of
a hazardous substance or pesticide:
| ||||||
4 | (I) In or to soil, the defendant, as part of the Phase | ||||||
5 | II Environmental
Audit, shall perform a series of soil | ||||||
6 | borings sufficient to determine whether
there is a presence | ||||||
7 | or likely presence of a hazardous substance or pesticide
| ||||||
8 | and whether there is or has been a release or a substantial | ||||||
9 | threat of a release
of a hazardous substance or pesticide | ||||||
10 | at, on, to, or from the real property.
| ||||||
11 | (II) In or to groundwater, the defendant, as part of | ||||||
12 | the Phase II
Environmental Audit, shall: review | ||||||
13 | information regarding local geology, water
well locations, | ||||||
14 | and locations of waters of the State as may be obtained | ||||||
15 | from
State, federal, and local government records, | ||||||
16 | including but not limited to the
United States Geological | ||||||
17 | Survey, the State Geological Survey of the University of | ||||||
18 | Illinois, and the State Water
Survey of the University of | ||||||
19 | Illinois; and
perform groundwater monitoring sufficient to | ||||||
20 | determine whether there is a
presence or likely presence of | ||||||
21 | a hazardous substance or pesticide, and whether
there is or | ||||||
22 | has been a release or a substantial threat of a release of | ||||||
23 | a
hazardous substance or pesticide at, on, to, or from the | ||||||
24 | real property.
| ||||||
25 | (III) On or to media other than soil or groundwater, | ||||||
26 | the defendant, as
part of the Phase II Environmental Audit, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | shall perform an investigation
sufficient to determine | ||||||
2 | whether there is a presence or likely presence of a
| ||||||
3 | hazardous substance or pesticide, and whether there is or | ||||||
4 | has been a release or
a substantial threat of a release of | ||||||
5 | a hazardous substance or pesticide at, on,
to, or from the | ||||||
6 | real property.
| ||||||
7 | (vii) The findings of each Environmental Audit prepared | ||||||
8 | under this
subparagraph (E) shall be set forth in a written | ||||||
9 | audit report. Each audit
report shall contain an affirmation by | ||||||
10 | the defendant and by each environmental
professional who | ||||||
11 | prepared the Environmental Audit that the facts stated in the
| ||||||
12 | report are true and are made under a penalty of perjury as | ||||||
13 | defined in Section
32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961. It is | ||||||
14 | perjury for any person to sign an
audit report that contains a | ||||||
15 | false material statement that the person does not
believe to be | ||||||
16 | true.
| ||||||
17 | (viii) The Agency is not required to review, approve, or | ||||||
18 | certify the results
of any Environmental Audit. The performance | ||||||
19 | of an Environmental Audit shall in
no way entitle a defendant | ||||||
20 | to a presumption of Agency approval or certification
of the | ||||||
21 | results of the Environmental Audit.
| ||||||
22 | The presence or absence of a disclosure document prepared | ||||||
23 | under the
Responsible Property Transfer Act of 1988 shall not | ||||||
24 | be a defense under this
Act and shall not satisfy the | ||||||
25 | requirements of subdivision (6)(A) of this
subsection (j).
| ||||||
26 | (7) No person shall be liable under this Section for |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | response costs
or damages as the result of a pesticide release | ||||||
2 | if the Agency has found
that a pesticide release occurred based | ||||||
3 | on a Health Advisory issued by the
U.S. Environmental | ||||||
4 | Protection Agency or an action level developed by the
Agency, | ||||||
5 | unless the Agency notified the manufacturer of the pesticide | ||||||
6 | and
provided an opportunity of not less than 30 days for the | ||||||
7 | manufacturer to
comment on the technical and scientific | ||||||
8 | justification supporting the Health
Advisory or action level.
| ||||||
9 | (8) No person shall be liable under this Section for | ||||||
10 | response costs or
damages as the result of a pesticide release | ||||||
11 | that occurs in the course of a
farm pesticide collection | ||||||
12 | program operated under Section 19.1 of the
Illinois Pesticide | ||||||
13 | Act, unless the release results from gross negligence or
| ||||||
14 | intentional misconduct.
| ||||||
15 | (k) If any person who is liable for a release or | ||||||
16 | substantial threat of
release of a hazardous substance or | ||||||
17 | pesticide fails without sufficient
cause to provide removal or | ||||||
18 | remedial action upon or in accordance with a
notice and request | ||||||
19 | by the Agency or upon or in accordance with any order of
the | ||||||
20 | Board or any court, such person may be liable to the State for | ||||||
21 | punitive
damages in an amount at least equal to, and not more | ||||||
22 | than 3 times, the
amount of any costs incurred by the State of | ||||||
23 | Illinois as a result of such
failure to take such removal or | ||||||
24 | remedial action. The punitive damages
imposed by the Board | ||||||
25 | shall be in addition to any costs recovered from such
person | ||||||
26 | pursuant to this Section and in addition to any other penalty |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | or
relief provided by this Act or any other law.
| ||||||
2 | Any monies received by the State pursuant to this | ||||||
3 | subsection (k) shall
be deposited in the Hazardous Waste Fund.
| ||||||
4 | (l) Beginning January 1, 1988, and prior to January 1, | ||||||
5 | 2013, the Agency shall annually collect a $250
fee for each | ||||||
6 | Special Waste Hauling Permit Application and, in addition,
| ||||||
7 | shall collect a fee of $20 for each waste hauling vehicle | ||||||
8 | identified in the
annual permit application and for each | ||||||
9 | vehicle which is added to the permit
during the annual period. | ||||||
10 | Beginning January 1, 2013, the Agency shall issue 3-year | ||||||
11 | Special Waste Hauling Permits instead of annual Special Waste | ||||||
12 | Hauling Permits and shall collect a $750 fee for each Special | ||||||
13 | Waste Hauling Permit Application. In addition, beginning | ||||||
14 | January 1, 2013, the Agency shall collect a fee of $60 for each | ||||||
15 | waste hauling vehicle identified in the permit application and | ||||||
16 | for each vehicle that is added to the permit during the 3-year | ||||||
17 | period. The Agency shall deposit 85% of such fees
collected | ||||||
18 | under this subsection in the State Treasury to the credit of
| ||||||
19 | the Hazardous Waste Research Fund; and shall deposit the | ||||||
20 | remaining 15% of
such fees collected in the State Treasury to | ||||||
21 | the credit of the
Environmental Protection Permit and | ||||||
22 | Inspection Fund. The majority of such
receipts which are | ||||||
23 | deposited in the Hazardous Waste Research Fund pursuant
to this | ||||||
24 | subsection shall be used by the University of Illinois for
| ||||||
25 | activities which relate to the protection of underground | ||||||
26 | waters.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (l-5) (Blank).
| ||||||
2 | (m) (Blank).
| ||||||
3 | (n) (Blank).
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 97-220, eff. 7-28-11; 97-1081, eff. 8-24-12.)
| ||||||
5 | (415 ILCS 5/22.8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.8)
| ||||||
6 | Sec. 22.8. Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection | ||||||
7 | Fund.
| ||||||
8 | (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special | ||||||
9 | fund to be known
as the Environmental Protection Permit and | ||||||
10 | Inspection Fund. All fees collected
by the Agency pursuant to | ||||||
11 | this Section, Section 9.6, 12.2, 16.1, 22.2
(j)(6)(E)(v)(IV), | ||||||
12 | 56.4, 56.5, 56.6, and subsection (f) of Section 5 of this
Act | ||||||
13 | or pursuant to Section 22 of the Public Water Supply Operations | ||||||
14 | Act
and funds collected under subsection (b.5) of Section 42 of | ||||||
15 | this Act
shall be deposited into the Fund. In addition to any | ||||||
16 | monies appropriated
from the General Revenue Fund, monies in | ||||||
17 | the Fund shall be appropriated
by the General Assembly to the | ||||||
18 | Agency in amounts deemed necessary for
manifest, permit, and | ||||||
19 | inspection activities and for processing requests
under | ||||||
20 | Section 22.2 (j)(6)(E)(v)(IV).
| ||||||
21 | The General Assembly may appropriate monies in the Fund | ||||||
22 | deemed necessary
for Board regulatory and adjudicatory | ||||||
23 | proceedings.
| ||||||
24 | (a-5) As soon as practicable after the effective date of | ||||||
25 | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly but no later |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | than January 1, 2014, the State Comptroller shall direct and | ||||||
2 | the State Treasurer shall transfer all monies in the Industrial | ||||||
3 | Hygiene Regulatory and Enforcement Fund to the Environmental | ||||||
4 | Protection Permit and Inspection Fund to be used in accordance | ||||||
5 | with the terms of the Environmental Protection Permit and | ||||||
6 | Inspection Fund. | ||||||
7 | (b) The Agency shall collect from the
owner or operator of | ||||||
8 | any of the following types of hazardous waste disposal
sites or | ||||||
9 | management facilities which require a RCRA permit under | ||||||
10 | subsection
(f) of Section 21 of this Act, or a UIC permit under | ||||||
11 | subsection (g) of Section
12 of this Act, an annual fee in the | ||||||
12 | amount of:
| ||||||
13 | (1) $35,000 ($70,000 beginning in 2004)
for a hazardous | ||||||
14 | waste disposal site receiving hazardous
waste if the | ||||||
15 | hazardous waste disposal site is located off the site where
| ||||||
16 | such waste was produced;
| ||||||
17 | (2) $9,000 ($18,000 beginning in 2004)
for a hazardous | ||||||
18 | waste disposal site receiving hazardous waste
if the | ||||||
19 | hazardous waste disposal site is located on the site where | ||||||
20 | such
waste was produced;
| ||||||
21 | (3) $7,000 ($14,000 beginning in 2004)
for a hazardous | ||||||
22 | waste disposal site receiving hazardous waste
if the | ||||||
23 | hazardous waste disposal site is an underground injection | ||||||
24 | well;
| ||||||
25 | (4) $2,000 ($4,000 beginning in 2004)
for a hazardous | ||||||
26 | waste management facility treating
hazardous waste by |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | incineration;
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2 | (5) $1,000 ($2,000 beginning in 2004)
for a hazardous | ||||||
3 | waste management facility treating hazardous
waste by a | ||||||
4 | method, technique or process other than incineration;
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5 | (6) $1,000 ($2,000 beginning in 2004)
for a hazardous | ||||||
6 | waste management facility storing hazardous
waste in a | ||||||
7 | surface impoundment or pile;
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8 | (7) $250 ($500 beginning in 2004)
for a hazardous waste | ||||||
9 | management facility storing hazardous
waste other than in a | ||||||
10 | surface impoundment or pile; and
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11 | (8) Beginning in 2004, $500 for a large quantity | ||||||
12 | hazardous waste
generator required to submit an annual or | ||||||
13 | biennial report for hazardous waste
generation.
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14 | (c) Where two or more operational units are located within | ||||||
15 | a single
hazardous waste disposal site, the Agency shall | ||||||
16 | collect from the owner or
operator of such site an annual fee | ||||||
17 | equal to the highest fee imposed by
subsection (b) of this | ||||||
18 | Section upon any single operational unit within the
site.
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19 | (d) The fee imposed upon a hazardous waste disposal site | ||||||
20 | under this
Section shall be the exclusive permit and inspection | ||||||
21 | fee applicable to
hazardous waste disposal at such site, | ||||||
22 | provided that nothing in this
Section shall be construed to | ||||||
23 | diminish or otherwise affect any fee imposed
upon the owner or | ||||||
24 | operator of a hazardous waste disposal site by Section 22.2.
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25 | (e) The Agency shall establish procedures, no later than | ||||||
26 | December 1,
1984, relating to the collection of the hazardous |
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1 | waste disposal site
fees authorized by this Section. Such | ||||||
2 | procedures shall include, but not be
limited to the time and | ||||||
3 | manner of payment of fees to the Agency, which
shall be | ||||||
4 | quarterly, payable at the beginning of each quarter for | ||||||
5 | hazardous
waste disposal site fees. Annual fees required under | ||||||
6 | paragraph (7) of
subsection (b) of this Section shall accompany | ||||||
7 | the annual report required
by Board regulations for the | ||||||
8 | calendar year for which the report applies.
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9 | (f) For purposes of this Section, a hazardous waste | ||||||
10 | disposal site
consists of one or more of the following | ||||||
11 | operational units:
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12 | (1) a landfill receiving hazardous waste for disposal;
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13 | (2) a waste pile or surface impoundment, receiving | ||||||
14 | hazardous waste, in
which residues which exhibit any of the | ||||||
15 | characteristics of hazardous waste
pursuant to Board | ||||||
16 | regulations are reasonably expected to remain after | ||||||
17 | closure;
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18 | (3) a land treatment facility receiving hazardous | ||||||
19 | waste; or
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20 | (4) a well injecting hazardous waste.
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21 | (g) The Agency shall assess a fee for each manifest | ||||||
22 | provided by the
Agency. For manifests provided on or after | ||||||
23 | January 1, 1989 but before July 1,
2003, the fee shall be $1 | ||||||
24 | per manifest. For manifests provided on or after
July 1, 2003, | ||||||
25 | the fee shall be $3 per manifest.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03.)
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1 | Section 15. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended | ||||||
2 | by changing Section 14a as follows:
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3 | (615 ILCS 5/14a) (from Ch. 19, par. 61a)
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4 | Sec. 14a.
It is the express intention of this legislation | ||||||
5 | that close
cooperation shall exist between the Pollution | ||||||
6 | Control Board, the
Environmental Protection Agency, and the | ||||||
7 | Department of Natural Resources and
that every resource of | ||||||
8 | State government shall be applied to the proper
preservation | ||||||
9 | and utilization of the waters of Lake Michigan.
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10 | The Environmental Protection Agency shall work in close | ||||||
11 | cooperation
with the City of Chicago and other affected units | ||||||
12 | of government to: (1)
terminate discharge of pollutional waste | ||||||
13 | materials to Lake Michigan from
vessels in both intra-state and | ||||||
14 | inter-state navigation, and (2) abate
domestic, industrial, | ||||||
15 | and other pollution to assure that Lake Michigan
beaches in | ||||||
16 | Illinois are suitable for full body contact sports, meeting
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17 | criteria of the Pollution Control Board.
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18 | The Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly | ||||||
19 | conduct water
quality and lake bed surveys to evaluate the | ||||||
20 | ecology and the quality of
water in Lake Michigan. Results of | ||||||
21 | such surveys shall be made available,
without charge, to all | ||||||
22 | interested persons and agencies. It shall be the
responsibility | ||||||
23 | of the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency to
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24 | report biennially annually or at such other times as the |
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1 | Governor shall direct;
such report shall provide hydrologic, | ||||||
2 | biologic, and chemical data
together with recommendations to | ||||||
3 | the Governor and members of the General
Assembly.
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4 | The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | ||||||
5 | be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | ||||||
6 | the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of | ||||||
7 | Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the | ||||||
8 | Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
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9 | required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in | ||||||
10 | relation to the General
Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, | ||||||
11 | as amended, and filing such additional
copies with the State | ||||||
12 | Government
Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly | ||||||
13 | as is required under
paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State | ||||||
14 | Library Act.
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15 | In meeting the requirements of this Act, the Pollution | ||||||
16 | Control Board,
Environmental Protection Agency and Department | ||||||
17 | of
Natural Resources are authorized to be in direct contact | ||||||
18 | with individuals,
municipalities, public and private | ||||||
19 | corporations and other organizations
which are or may be | ||||||
20 | contributing to the discharge of pollution to Lake
Michigan.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.
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